# sharped

Pronunciation: US say "SHARPT" /ʃɑɹpt/; UK say "SHAHPT" /ʃɑːpt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of sharp. — simple past and past participle of sharp
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of sharp. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
   - _The singer sharped the final phrase to add a little tension._
   - _The composer had sharped several notes in the revised score._

## Adjective

2. In music, raised in pitch by a semitone, so as to become a sharp note.
   - Simple: Made higher in pitch by half a step in music.
   - _The sharped seventh gave the melody an unexpected lift._
   - _A sharped fourth distinguishes the Lydian mode from the plain major scale._

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